This study reviews the franchising literature on emerging markets. We used the Bibliometrix
R-package and VOSviewer software to perform a bibliometric analysis of 297 articles …

Introduction Private sector healthcare delivery in low-and middle-income countries is
sometimes argued to be more efficient, accountable, and sustainable than public sector …

Background In 2008, over 300,000 women died during pregnancy or childbirth, mostly in
poor countries. While there are proven interventions to make childbirth safer, there is …

Although the private sector is an important health-care provider in many low-income and
middle-income countries, its role in progress towards universal health coverage varies …

This paper explores the implications of the increasing role of informal as well as formal
markets in the health systems of many low and middle-income countries. It focuses on …

Objectives To achieve universal health coverage, adequate geographic access to quality
healthcare services is vital and should be characterized periodically to support planning …

Objective To document the patterns of health service utilization and health payments at
public and private facilities across countries. Method We used data from the World Health …

In countries that bear the heaviest burden of malaria, most patients seek medicine for the
disease in the private sector. Because the availability and affordability of recommended …

Background In many low and middle income countries, the private sector is increasingly
becoming an important source of health care, filling gaps where no or little public health care …

Abstract Throughout the Global South, diverse non-state actors have historically played
critical roles in enabling populations to meet their basic needs, whether by providing or …